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LOOKING    UP   TOWARD    THE    HOUSE    FROM    THE    GARDEN 

From  a  Water  Color  by  Horace  C.  Dunham 


American   Country   Homes 
and   Their   Gardens  . 


Edited  by  John  Cordis  Baker 

Introduction  by   Donn  Barber 


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Contents 

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A  California  Home  in  Santa  Clara  County 1 81-184 

A  Colonial  House  at  Devon,  Pennsylvania 

Percy  Wilson,  Esq.,  Owner 145-146 

A  Colonial  House  at  Radnor,  Pennsylvania 

Ledyard  Heckscher,  Esq.,  Owner 147-148 

A  Design  for  an  Artist's  House ^S^'-^SS 

A  House  at  Bernardsville,  New  Jersey 

Thomas  Hunt,  Esq.,  Owner 170-172 

A  House  at  Brookline,  Massachusetts     127-130 

A  House  at  Wynnewood,  Pennsylvania 

Arthur  P.  Baugh,  Esq.,  Owner 69-71 

A  Hunting  Lodge  at  Aiken,  South  Carolina 18-20 

A  Residence  at  Swarthmore,  Pennsylvania 

Mrs.  J.  N.  Beisfle,   Owner 60-61 

"Ashford,  "  Belle  Haven,  Connecticut 119-122 

"Beaulieu,"  Cupertino,  Santa  Clara  County,  California 

The  Residence  of  C.  A.  Baldwin,  Esq 215-221 

"Bellefontaine,"  at  Lenox,  Massachusetts 

Giraud  Foster,  Esq.,  Owner 160-169 

"Biltmore,"  Asheville,  North  Carolina 

The  Residence  of  George  W.  Vanderbilt,  Esq 123-126 

Brook  Farm,  Tuxedo  Park,  New  York 

Estate  of  Richard  Delafield,  Esq 226-227 

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CoNVERS  Manor,  Greenwich,  Connecticut 

Estate  of  E.  C.  Converse,  Esq 222-225 

Examples  of  Colonial  Homes  and  Gardens  of  Maryland  and  Delaware 51^59 

"Faulkner  Farm,"  Brookline,  Massachusetts 

Hon.  Charles  F.  Sprague,  Owner 108-118 

"Green  Hill,"  The  Old  Goddard  Mansion  at  Brookline,  Massachusetts 

Miss  Julia  Goddard,  Owner 154-155 

"Hampton,"  an  Old  Colonial  Mansion  at  Towson,  Maryland 38-41 

House  and  Garden  near  Windsor,  Vermont 

Charles  A.  Piatt,  Esq.,  Owner 134-138 

"Kate's  Hall,"  Chestnut  Hill,  Philadelphia 

The  Residence  of  Joseph  S.  Clark,  Esq 139-144 

"Maxwell  Court,"  Rockville,  Connecticut 

The  Residence  of  Francis  T.  Maxwell,  Esq 91-98 

"Miravista"  at  Montecito,  Santa  Barbara  County,  California 210-211 

"Mohican  Cottage,"  Bolton-Landing-on-Lake-George,  New  York 

William  K.  Bixby,  Esq.,  Owner 32-37 

Old  Gardens  at  Camden,  South  Carolina 191-196 

"Renemede,"  a  House  and  Garden  at  Bernardsville,  New  Jersey 

H.  J.  Hardenbergh,  Esq.,  Owner 99-101 

Residence  at  Jersey  City,  New  Jersey 

H.  C.  Bennett,  Esq.,  Owner 212-214 

Residence  at  Westbury,  Long  Island 

Herman  B.  Duryea,  Esq.,  Owner 21-25 

Residence  and  Gardens  at  Newport,  Rhode  Island 

Mrs.  Richard  Gambrill,  Owner 102-107 

Residence  at  St.  James,  Long  Island 

Stanford  White,  Esq.,  Owner 204-209 

"RiNGwooD  Manor"  and  its  Gardens,  Passaic  County,  New  Jersey 

The  Residence  of  Abram  S.  Hewitt,  Esq 185-190 

"Sevenoaks,"  an  Architect's  Garden  at  Germantown,  Philadelphia 

Frank  Miles  Day,  Esq.,  Owner 173-178 

"Sherrewogue,"  St.  James,  Long  Island 

Devereux  Emmet,  Esq.,  Owner 42-50 

The  Gardens  of  "Avonwood  Court,"  Haverford,  Pennsylvania 

Estate  of  Charles  E.  Mather,  Esq 26-31 

The  Garden  at  "Blair  P^rie,"  Bar  Harbor,  Maine 

Estate  of  De  Witt  CUnton  Blair,  Esq 13-17 


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The  Garden  at  "Fairacres,"  Jenkintown,  Pennsylvania 

John  W.  Pepper,  Esq.,  Owner 80-86 

The  Garden  and  Grounds  of  Mt.  Vernon,  Virginia » 62-68 

The  Garden  of  "Weld,"  Brookline,  Massachusetts 

Estate  of  Captain  Larz  Anderson 156-159 

"The  Garth,"  Strafford,  Pennsylvania 

Ernest  Zantzinger,  Esq.,  Owner 149-153 

The  Old  Red  Rose  Inn  of  "Stoke  Pogis,"  Villa  Nova,  Pennsylvania 

Frederick  Phillips,  Esq.,  Owner 87-90 

"The  Orchard,"  Southampton,  Long  Island 

James  L.  Breese,  Esq.,  Owner 197-203 

"Twin  Oaks,"  Washington,  District  of  Columbia 

The  Residence  of  Mrs.  Gardiner  G.  Hubbard 179-180 

"Wyck,"  an  Old  House  and  Garden  at  Germantown,  Philadelphia 72-79 


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Architects  Whose  Work  is  Illustrated 

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Andrews,  "Jaqiies  i^  Rantoid 13 

Ash,  Percy 26 

Barber,  Donn 222,  226 

Boyd,  David  K 69 

Carrere  Iff  Hastings 18,  21,  102,  160 

Day,  Frank  Miles 1 73 

Duhring,  Okie  &  Ziegler 1 45 

Eyre,  Wilson 32,  80,  1 19,  13 1,  149,  212 

Hardenbergh,  H .  J 99 

Hoiuell,  Jehu 38 

Hunt,  Richard  M 123 

Jackson,  W.  E 60 

Lord,  Hewlett  bf  Hull I  70 

McKim,  Mead  Iff   White 42,  197,  204 

Olmsted  Brothers 1 23 

Piatt,  Charles  A 91,  108,  134,  156 

Polk,  Willis 181,  215 

Schwemfitrth,  J.  A 127 

Zantzinger,  C.  C 139 


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Introduction 


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THE  American  Country  House,  intended  for  occupancy  during  only  a  portion  of  the  year,  dates  as  an 
institution,  especially  in  the  Northern  States,  from  about  the  close  of  the  Civil  War.  Prior  to  that 
time  the  summer  life  of  the  vast  majority  of  our  people  was  little  different  from  their  winter  life. 
Those  who  went  into  the  country  for  the  warmer  months,  went  either  as  guests  to  the  summer  hotel,  or  as 
boarders  to  some  farmhouse.  The  close  of  the  war  found  many  with  ample  bank  accounts  and  the  money 
which  had  come  easily  was  easily  spent;  much  of  it  going  into  country  houses.  At  this  time  the  so-called 
"Italian  Villa"  broke  as  a  wave  over  this  part  of  the  country,  with  its  octagonal  rooms,  its  gingerbread 
ornaments,  its  mansard  roof.  This  was  followed  by  the  "Queen  Anne"  style  which  smothered  us  under  its 
meaningless  complications  and  intricate  excrescences,  the  tower  swearing  at  the  gable,  the  gable  at  the 
oriel,  the  oriel  at  the  balcony,  with  no  place  for  the  eye  to  rest,  nervous,  restless,  irrational.  Despite  Ruskin's 
dictum,  its  ornaments  were  constructed  and  its  construction,  instead  of  being  ornamented,  was  hidden  away 
as  something  to  be  ashamed  of.  Into  this  nightmare  riot  a  master  hand  only  some  twenty  years  ago,  placed 
a  quiet,  restful,  "all  shingle"  house  which  at  once  brought  relief  to  the  trained  mind  but  caused  a  shock  to 
the  layman.  Where  were  the  beloved  towers  and  gables,  the  balconies  and  finials,  the  jimcracks  galore  ? 
Where  was  his  money's  worth  .?  But  the  trained  mind  carried  the  day  and  from  that  time,  in  the  early 
eighties,  an  imaginative  yet  careful  and  scholarly  development  has  been  carried  on  by  men  of  recognized 
training  who  found  that  the  problem  of  the  Country  House  was  worthy  of  their  attention  and  study.  In 
this  movement  the  return  of  the  many  Americans  who  have  studied  in  the  Ecole  des  Beaux-Arts  and  have 
brought  back  with  them  a  knowledge  and  appreciation  of  logical  expression  in  design  has  played  no  small 
part.  To  them  and  their  influence  is  largely  due  the  rational  plan  to  meet  individual  needs,  the  logical 
design  to  fit  the  particular  site,  the  common  sense  use  of  materials,  and  the  evolution  of  certain  new  con- 
structive methods,  which,  taken  together,  form  a  distinctly  American  solution  of  the  problem  of  the  Country 
House.  The  result  is  that  our  country  houses  have  a  distinction  of  their  own  which  arouses  the  respectful 
admiration  of  all  who  are  competent  to  judge  of  their  merits.  They  faithfully  express  our  modern  Ameri- 
can civilization  and  show  a  certain  sensible  comfort  found  in  no  other  land.     Our  piazza  life  has  much  to  do 


with  this,  for  piazzas  are  essentially  an  Americanism.     The  plan  treatment  is  noteworthy  as  expressing  the 
peculiar  requirements  of  our  American  life  with  its  demands  for  comfort,  convenience  and  a  Home. 

Strictly  speaking,  we  have  not  yet  developed  a  distinctively  American  style  of  Architecture,  and  it  is  an 
interesting  question  among  critics  whether  we  shall  ever  do  so.  A  National  style  presupposes  a  national 
community  of  thoughts,  aims,  ideals,  which  with  our  heterogeneous  make-up,  seems  impossible.  And 
it  is  fully  as  interesting  a  question  whether  a  distinct  National  style  borrowing  nothing  from  other  lands 
is  greatly  to  be  desired.  A  reminiscence  of  the  style  of  other  days,  a  somewhat  foreign  accent,  is  hardly 
to  be  deplored  in  modern  Architecture;  it  rather  lends  a  charm  and  a  mystery  to  it.  Precedent  and  tradition 
must  of  necessity  influence  good  design.  Just  as  every  phase  of  modern  life  and  civilization  is  dependent 
upon  arid'-ttaceahJeltia  transition,  so  we  must,  logically,  build  our  future  on  what  we  have  learned  in  our  past. 
We  cinttct  ^^y;'«aditio.n  any  more  than  we  can  deny  history.  Examples  of  the  past  are  before  us  like  an 
open  book,  they  are  part  of  our  present  life,  and  nothing  less  than  a  cataclysm  can  break  the  sequence  of 
evolution  in  modern  Architecture. 

This,  however,  does  not  mean  that  we  shall  servilely  copy;  that  we  shall  pluck  up  a  building  of  the 
English,  French  or  Italian  style  and  plant  it  bodily  in  an  environment  to  which  it  is  totally  unsuited.  Nothing 
could  be  more  illogical,  and  yet  we  have  seen  it  done  again  and  again  in  the  more  pretentious  of  our  country 
houses  which  approach  the  proportions  of  the  "Mansion."  These  are  open  to  the  criticism  so  often  expressed 
of  our  American  Architecture  as  a  whole,  that  it  is  an  adopted,  borrowed,  or  rearranged  European  Archi- 
tecture. This  criticism,  while  perhaps  a  just  one,  should  not  be  taken  too  seriously,  for  in  Architecture 
as  in  everything  else,  it  is  the  results  that  count  and  it  matters  little  how  the  end  is  reached  provided  the 
means  be  honest.  Many  of  our  most  successful  and.  best  known  country  houses  of  the  more  pretentious 
type  are  borrowed  inspirations,  but  their  adaptation  to  our  needs  and  uses  shows  more  cleverness  and  skill 
than  anything  we  find  in  our  buildings  of  a  monumental  or  public  character. 

To  one  educated  in  art  matters,  the  main  charm  of  European  Architecture  is  in  its  direct  and  truthful 
adherence  to  local  tradition.  Insensibly  the  people  live  with  their  past.  Steady  advance  is  made  as  time 
goes  on  but  still  they  build  in  the  ways  of  their  fathers,  better  and  more  beautifully,  but  always  along  the 
lines  of  tradition.  The  influence  of  local  materials  upon  construction  is  everywhere  clear.  The  result  is 
a  quality  and  seriousness  of  design  which,  from  the  American  point  of  view,  may  seem  somewhat  monotonous, 
but  which  is,  nevertheless,  orderly,  distinct  and  quiet.  With  us  this  charm  is  still  lacking:  we  have  but 
little  local  color.  So  rapidly  have  we  grown,  so  breathless  has  been  our  haste  to  advance,  that  local  tradition 
has  obtained  no  master  hold  on  us.  We  have  everywhere  close  at  hand  materials  which  should  be  used 
both  for  sentimental  and  practical  reasons,  and  which  would  produce  local  types  and  at  the  same  time  lend 
a  local  significance  to  our  Architecture.  It  is  not  many  years  since  the  use  of  these  local  materials  was  a 
necessity:  the  cost  of  bringing  materials  from  a  distance  was  prohibitive.  Each  section  of  our  country  then 
had  its  own  distinct  type  of  construction.  But  now,  with  our  network  of  railways,  it  is  often  more  expensive 
to  use  local  materials  than  those  brought  from  a  distance.  A  house  in  Maine  can,  to-day,  be  more  easily 
and  cheaply  built  of  wood  from  Oregon  than  of  brick  manufactured  at  its  doors,  and  its  rooms  can  be  finished 


in  Gulf  Cypress  at  less  expense  than  in  a  wood  which  is  native  to  a  Northern  State.  It  is  often  cheaper 
to  bring  limestone  from  Indiana  than  to  quarry  and  cut  a  local  stone.  Our  cheap  and  comfortable  means 
of  traveling  induce  our  people  to  visit  all  parts  of  our  own  country  as  well  as  the  Old  World,  and  that  which 
they  see  abroad  they  bring  back  in  memory  as  their  inspiration  for  similar  creations  at  <home.  All  this, 
with  the  free  use  of  machinery  and  the  high  price  of  labor,  has  militated  against  the  use  of  local  and  natural 
resources  and  has  robbed  us  of  our  local  color.  You  will  find  in  Connecticut  the  brother  of  the  house  in 
Illinois  and  first  cousin  to  the  one  in  Florida. 

There  is  no  doubt  of  our  strong  individuality  and  seriousness  as  a  nation,  nor  of  our  stupendous  advances 
in  science,  manufactures  and  wealth,  but  in  art  we  still  lag  behind.  The  very  characteristics  which  have 
pushed  us  to  the  fore  in  the  more  exact  branches  have  held  us  back  in  art.  We  have  had  no  time  to  give 
it  thought;  it  has  been  not  a  necessity,  but  a  luxury.  Now,  however,  under  the  influence  of  greater  wealth 
and  leisure  and  a  broader  education  there  is  everywhere  evidence  of  a  desire  to  beautify  our  homes,  our 
towns  and  our  cities.  This  growing  desire  for  the  beautiful  is  the  surest  sign  of  our  progress  in  civilization. 
One  of  the  most  marked  manifestations  of  this  desire  is  to  be  found  in  the  Garden. 

In  country  work  Nature  should  be  of  the  first  consideration.  The  site  should  control  the  house,  for  it 
is  obviously  impossible  for  the  house  to  control  the  site  beyond  certain  narrow  limits.  You  may  torture 
Nature  and  pull  it  into  shape  to  match  and  frame  your  Architecture,  but  your  sins  will  find  you  out;  the 
result  will  be  failure.  Architecture  should  meet  Nature  at  least  half  way,  the  two  must  go  hand  in  hand 
and  be  fused  into  one  harmonious  picture.  The  flux  is  the  Garden.  It  must  be  the  connecting  link  between 
the  house  and  the  surrounding  landscape  and  must  be  studied  with  relation  to  both,  so  as  to  form  a  gradual 
transition  from  the  fixed  and  formal  lines  of  the  one  to  the  free  and  irregular  lines  of  the  other.  It  must, 
as  well,  be  suited  to  the  requirements  of  the  occupants  of  the  house;  it  should  be  as  livable  as  the  house 
itself  and  form  an  open  air  extension  of  its  rooms  and  piazzas,  growing  less  and  less  formal  as  it  leaves 
the  house  until  it  is  merged  insensibly  into  the  surrounding  landscape.  The  present  tendency  is  toward 
simplification,  and  in  it  is  much  of  encouragement.  We  have  laid  by  the  "Queen  Anne"  style  of  garden 
and  are  beginning  to  realize  that  the  old  time  gardens  of  our  grandfathers  were  pretty  fine  things,  after  all," 
and  that  their  charm  lay  largely  in  their  direct  simplicity  and  lack  of  pretension.  We  are  beginning  to 
appreciate  the  fact  that  a  whitewashed  fence  around  a  modest  garden  is,  after  all,  a  more  suitable  frame 
than  a  monumental  balustrade  made  of  terra-cotta  in  imitation  of  marble.  We  are  learning  that  a  marble 
seat  and  a  sun-dial  do  not  of  themselves  make  an  Italian  Garden  and  that  a  cold  clean-cut  marble  pergola 
is  not  absolutely  necessary  to  the  success  of  a  cottage  garden. 

Our  American  landscape  is  so  diverse  in  its  qualities,  ranging  from  the  most  rugged  rock-bound  coast 
and  towering  mountain  ranges  through  rolling  hills  to  the  most  pastoral  scenes,  that  the  landscape  gardener 
finds  variety  without  limit  to  inspire  him,  and  unstinted  natural  material  ready  at  hand.  And  yet  the  garden 
seems  to  divide  itself  into  two  classes,  the  Formal  and  the  Natural;  the  one  extending  the  house  well  into 
the  confines  of  nature,  the  other  bringing  nature  well  up  to  the  doorstep;  the  former  being  appropriate 
as  an  adjunct  to  the  more  pretentious  Country  house,  which  seems  unwilling  that  Nature  should  in  any 


way  assert  her  personality  within  the  limits  of  its  own  domain,  the  latter  suiting  the  rambling  Cottage, 
ready  to  nestle  in  the  heart  of  Nature  and  become  part  of  her  great  whole. 

Among  the  following  illustrations  we  shall  find  examples  of  many  kinds  of  Gardens:  of  the  garden  so 
free  in  its  treatment  that  it  seems  but  a  part  of  the  surrounding  landscape;  of  the  garden  of  our  grandmothers, 
with  its  sweet  straightforward  simplicity;  of  the  garden  inspired  by  those  of  Japan,  where  art  is  so  subtle 
that  formality  becomes  a  part  of  nature;  of  the  ultra  formal  garden  which  is  but  a  mansion  in  the  open. 
The  House,  too,  is  shown  in  great  variety:  some  which  bear  the  clear  impress  of  foreign  inspiration;  some 
of  as  evident  home  birth;  the  house  of  the  last  Century  and  of  the  Century  before  and  the  house  of  to-day; 
the  house  which  is  a  Mansion  and  the  house  which  is  a  Home.  But  in  all,  both  in  the  House  and  in  the 
Garden,  we  shall  find  evidence  that  we  have  learned  much  of  restraint.  There  is  still  much  to  learn,  but 
the  trend  seems  to  be  in  the  right  direction  and  the  development  of  something  approaching  perfection  is 
only  a  matter  of  time  and  opportunity. 


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A  Hunting  Lodge  at  Aiken,  South  Carolina 


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Residence  of  Herman  B.  Duryea,  Esq.,  at  Westbury,  L.  I. 


Residence  of  Herman  B.  Duryea,  Esq.,  at  Westbury,  L.  I. 


23 


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The  Gardens  of  "Avonwood  Court" 

At  Haverford,  Pa., 

Estate  of  Charles  E.  Mather,  Esq. 


Percy  Ash,  Architect 


THE    GARDEN   GATE 


26 


The  Gardens  of  "Avonwood  Court" 


27 


THE   STAIRWAY   FROM    THE   LAWN 


28 


The  Gardens  of  "Avonwood  Court" 


THE  GATEWAY  TO  THE  LAWN 


The  Gardens  of  "Avonwood  Court" 


29 


THE    STAIRWAY 


THE  GARDEN  FROM  A  BEDROOM   WINDOW 


3° 


The  Gardens  of  "Avonwood  Court" 


THE  EAST  WALL 


The  Gardens  of  "Avonwood  Court" 


31 


A    CLUMP    OF    PHLOX 


THE    SUN-DIAL 


"Mohican  Cottage'' 

Bolton-Landing-on-Lake-George 


William  K.  Buxby,  Esq.,  Owner 


DESIGNED  "BT 


ff^ilson  Eyre,  Architect. 


A   PERSPECTIVE  SKETCH   OF  '  MOHICAN   COTTAGE,      DRAWN   BY  THE  ARCHITECT 


7,^ 


"Mohican  Cottage,"  Bolton  Landing,  Lake  George 


33 


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PLAN    OF    THE    SECOND    FLOOR 


34 


"Mohican  Cottage,"  Bolton  Landing,  Lake  George 


AX    RNTRANCE    TO    THE    REAR    HALL 


THE    SOUTH     PORTICO    AXD    MAIN    ENTRANCE 


"Mohican  Cottage,"  Bolton  Landing,  Lake  George 


35 


THE    NORTH    PORTICO    WITH    DINING-ROOM    BAY    WINDOW 


THE    HOUSE    FROM    THE    LAKE 


36 


"Mohican  Cottage,"  Bolton  Landing,  Lake  George 


THE    MAIN    ENTRANCE 


THE    EAST    PORTICO    WITH    LIVING-ROOM    BAY    WINDOW 


"Mohican  Cottage,"  Bolton  Landing,  Lake  George 


37 


THE   BAY    WINDOW    IN   THE   LIVING-ROOM 


THE    DINING-ROOM    BAY    WINDOW 


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"Hampton 

An  Old  Colonial  Mansion 

At  Towson,  Maryland 

DESIGNED  BY 

Jehu  Hoivell,  1783 


THE    MAIN    FRONT 


38 


"  Hampton" — An  Old  Colonial  Mansion  at  Towson,  Md. 


39 


40 


'Hampton" — An  Old  Colonial  Mansion  at  Towson,  Md. 


"Hampton" — An  Old  Colonial  Mansion  at  Towson,  Md. 


41 


THE   HOUSE   FROM  THE  SOUTH   LAWN 


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THE    BOX   GARDl'.N  AT   HAMPTON 


The  parterres  contained  the  following  geraniums 
in  July,  1902: 


1. 
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8. 
9. 
10. 


Pauline  Lucca. 

11. 

Centaur. 

A.  S.  Nun,  dark  crimson. 

12. 

Marshal  McMahon. 

Gen.  Lee,  double  salmon. 

13. 

Centaur. 

Mrs.  Massey,  single  pink. 

14. 

Gen.  Hancock. 

Dr.  Jacoby,  single  pink. 

15. 

Marshal  McMahon. 

Single  white. 

16. 

Single  white. 

Marshal  McMahon. 

17. 

Pauline  Lucca. 

Centaur. 

18. 

A.  S.  Nutt. 

Gen.  Lee. 

19. 

Gen.  Lee. 

Gen.  Hancock,  double  scarlet. 

20. 

Queen  of  the  West, 

THE   PLAN   OF  THE   BOX   GARDEN. 


"Sherrewogue" 


St.  James,  Long  Island 


Residence  of  Devereux  Emmet,  Esq, 


McKim,  Mead  &'  JVhite,  Architects,  New  York 


THE  WALK  TO  THE  GARDEN 
42 


"Sherrewogue,"  St.  James,  Long  Island 


43 


44 


"Sherrewogue,"  St.  James,  Long  Island 


THE   ENTRANCE  TO  THE  GROUNDS 


THE  SOUTH   ENTRANCE  TO  THE  HOUSE 


Sherrewogue,"  St.  James,  Long  Island 


45 


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THE   PLAN    OF      STIERREWOGUE  ' 


THE   DRIVE 


46 


"Sherrewogue,"  St.  James,  Long  Island 


"Sherrewogue,''  St.  James,  Long  Island 


47 


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"Sherrewogue,"  St.  James,  Long  Island 


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THE    NEW    END    OF    THE    HOUSE 


A    PATH    IN    THE   GARDEN 


"Sherrewogue,"  St.  James,  Long  Island 


49 


A    HEDGE    OF    BOX 


THE    NEW   LIVING-ROOM 


"Sherrewogue,"  St.  James,  Long  Island 


THE    CHIMNEV-PIKCE    IN    THE    I.IVING-ROOM 


Examples  of  Colonial 

Homes  and  Gardens 


of  Maryland  and  Delaware 


DOORWAY    OF    ISAAC    BARNES     HOUSE 


ISAAC  BARNES'  HOUSE  AT   KING's  CREEK 


A  TYPICAL  DWELLING   OF  THE   EASTERN   SHORE 


51 


52 


Colonial  Homes  and  Gardens  of  Maryland  and  Delaware 


BALDT   FARM,       WESTOVER,    MARYLAND 


THE  HAYWARD  HOUSE,  POCOMOKE  CITY,  MARYLAND 


Colonial  Homes  and  Gardens  of  Maryland  and  Delaware 


53 


IN   THE   GARDENS   OF      BELMONT   HALL,      SMYRNA,   DELAWARE 


54 


Colonial  Homes  and  Gardens  of  Maryland  and  Delaware 


Cupyright.  1902.  by  Henry  Troth 


RATCLIFFE   MANOR,      NEAR   EASTON,    MARYLAND 


THE    POINT,       CAMBRIDGE,    MARYLAND 


Colonial  Homes  and  Gardens  of  Maryland  and  Delaware 


55 


A    RUSTIC    BENCH,       BELMONT    HALL 


56 


Colonial  Homes  and  Gardens  of  Maryland  and  Delaware 


THK    PARTERRE,       BEI>MONT    HALL 


A   RESTING    PLACE,      BELMONT    HALL 


Colonial  Homes  and  Gardens  of  Maryland  and  Delaware 


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Colonial  Homes  and  Gardens  of  Maryland  and  Delaware 


A    RUSTIC    ARCIIj       BELMONT    HALL 


AN    AVENUK,    "liELMONT    HALL 


Colonial  Homes  and  Gardens  of  Maryland  and  Delaware 


59 


ENTRANCE    TO    THE    LOWER    GARDEN,       BELMONT    HALL 


SKETCH-PLAN^      BELMONT  HALL 


A  Residence  at  Swarthmore,  Pa. 


IV.  E.  Jackson,  Architect. 


THE  HOUSE  FROM  THE  ROAD. 
60 


A  Residence  at  Swarthmore,  Pa. 


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THE    FRONT    OF   THE    HOUSE 


The  Gardens  and  Grounds 


of 


Mount  Vernon,  Virginia. 


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IN  THE  KITCHEN  GARDEN THE  GATE  BEYOND  OPENS  TO  THE  LAWN 


62 


The  Gardens  and  Grounds  of  Mount  Vernon,  Virginia 


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THE   WEST   ERONT   AND  PASSAGE   TO  THE  KITCHEN 


THE   J.AWN    EROM    THE   WEST   DOUR 


The  Gardens  and  Grounds  of  Mount  Vernon,  Virginia 


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The  Gardens  and  Grounds  of  Mount  Vernon,  Virginia. 


67 


1111:  SOUTH   END  OF  THE  HOUSE. 


THE  WALK  AROUND  THE  WEST  LAWN. 


68 


The  Gardens  and  Grounds  of  Mount  Vernon,  Virginia 


THE  PROPF.UTV  AT   iMOL'NT  VERNON 


WASHINGTON  S  PLAN  OF  MOUNT  VERNON 


THE   WEST    FRONT   OF   THE    HOUSE 


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A  House  at  Wynnewood,  Pennsylvania 

Arthur  P.  Baugh,  Esq.,  Owner  •* 


David  K,  'Boyd,  Architect 


THE    REAR    OF    THE    HOUSE 


THE    PLANS 


69 


70 


A  House  at  Wynnewood,'Pennsylvania 


THE  HALL  CHIMNEY-PIECE 


THE   MAIN  STAIRWAY 


THE    LIVING-ROOM 


A  House  at  Wynnewood,  Pennsylvania 


71 


THE  FRONT  OF  THE  HOUSE 


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THE    DRIVE    ENTRANCE 


"Wyck" 


An  Old  House  and  Garden 


at 


Germantown,  Philadelphia 


THE    WALK    BKFORE   THE    HOUSE 


72 


"Wyck,"  An  old  House  and  Garden  at  Germantown 


73 


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Wyck,"  An  Old  House  and  Garden  at  Germantown 


THE  GARDEN  FROM  THE  SECOND  STORY 


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Wyck,"  An  Old  House  and  Garden  at  Germantown 


75 


THE    MAIN    DOORWAY 


76 


'Wyck,"  An  Old  House  and  Garden  at  Germantown 


A  BEDROOM 


THF    PARLOR 


"Wyck,"  An  Old  House  and  Garden  at  Germantown. 


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A  SHELTERING  ARBOR 


78 


'Wyck,"  An  Old  House  and  Garden  at  Germantown 


A   FLAN   OF  THE    HOUSK   AND   GROUNDS   OF    "WYCK. 


PLAN  OF  THE  ALTERATIONS  TO  THE   HOUSE. 

Executed    by    William    Strickland,    Architect,    and 
found  among  the  papers  at  "Wyck" 


'Wyck,"  An  Old  House  and  Garden  at  Germantown 


79 


THE  GARDEN  FROM  THE  LIVING  HALL. 


The  Garden  at  "Fairacres 

Jenkintown,  Penna. 

John  W.  Pepper,  Esq.,  Owner 

IVilson  Eyre,  Architect 


55 


A    CORNER  OF  THE  GARDEN 


80 


The  Garden  at  "Fairacres,"  Jenkintown,  Pennsylvania 


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The  Garden  at  "Fairacres,"  Jenkintown,  Pennsylvania 


THE    CENTRAL   WALK   OF   THE   GARDEN 


THE   DESCENT    FROM   THE   LAWN 


The  Garden  at  "Fairacres,"  Jenkintown,  Pennsylvania 


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The  Garden  at  "Fairacres,"  Jenkintown,  Pennsylvania 


AN  ELEVATION  OF  THE  SOUTHEAST  END  OF  THE  GARDEN 


The  Garden  at  "Fairacres,"  Jenkintown,  Pennsylvania 


85 


PLAN  OF  THE  GARDEN 


A  PARTERRE  WALLED  WITH  PRIVET 


86 


The  Garden  at  "Fairacres,"  Jenkintown,  Pennsylvania 


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The  Old  Red  Rose  Inn 

of  "Stoke  Pogis" 

At   Villa   Nova,    Penna. 

"By  T.  W .  Humphreys 


THE  VERANDA  ALONG  THE  FRONT  OF  THE  HOUSE ENCLOSED  IN   WINTER 

87 


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THE  ENTRANCE  TO  THE  TERRACE 


AN   EARLY  VIEW   OF  THE   RUSTIC   PERGOLA   LEADING   TO   THE    STUDIO 


90 


The  Old  Red  Rose  Inn  of  "Stoke  Pogis,"  at  Villa  Nova,  Pa. 


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THE    PLAN    OF    THE       RED   ROSE 


A   PORTION   OF  THE   PERGOLA    ENCLOSING  THE   QUADRANGLE 


"Maxwell  Court" 

A  Residence  and  Gardens  in  the  Italian  Style 

At  Rockville,  Connecticut 


Designed  by  Charles  A.  Tlatt 


THE    SOUTHERN    FACADE    OF     IHE    HOUSE 
91 


92  "Maxwell  Court,"  Example  in  Italian  Style  at  Rockville,  Conn. 


THE   ENTRANCE   TO   THE   HOUSE    FROM    THE    UPPER   TERRACE 


"Maxwell  Court,"  Example  in  Italian  Style  at  Rockville,  Conn. 


93 


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TUK    HOUSE    FROM     liKI.OW    THE    TERRACE 


THE  RELATION  OF  HOUSE,   FORECOURT   AND  GARDEN 


"Maxwell  Court,"  Example  in  Italian  Style  at  Rockville,  Conn. 


95 


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'Maxwell  Court,"  Example  in  Italian  Style  at  Rockville,  Conn. 


97 


THE   PERGOLA  ENCLOSING  AN   END   OF   THE  GARDEN 


THE   DRAWING-ROOM   AT      MAXWELL   COURT 


98  "Maxwell  Court,"  Example  in  Italian  Style  at  Rockville,  Conn. 


THE   PERGOLA    OF   TUK    COACHMAN  S   LODGE 


THE    UINING-KOOM    AT    "MAXWELL    COURT  " 


"Renemede" 

A  House  and  Garden  at  Bernardsville,  N.  J. 


Designed  by  the  Owner 


H.  J.  Hardenbergh,  Esq. 


THE  HOUSE  AND  THE  GARDEN 
99 


100 


'Renemede,"  A  House  and  Garden  at  Bernardsville,  New  Jersey 


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THE  PLAN  OF      RENEMEDE 


THE   HOUSE    FROM    THE   WEST 


"Renemede,"  A  House  and  Garden  at  Bernardsville,  New  Jersey 


lOI 


THE   ENTRANCE    HALL 


THE  DRAWING-ROOM 


Residence  and  Gardens  of 


Mrs.  Richard  Gambrill 

Newport,  Rhode  Island 


/•.::.';•'.:*''"•'•::    : 'V. .  Carrere  ^  Hastings,  Architects 


THE   HOUSE  FROM  THE  SUNKEN  GARDEN 
102 


Residence  and  Gardens  of  Mrs.  Richard  Gambrill,  Newport,  R.  I. 


103 


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104  Residence  and  Gardens  of  Mrs.  Richard  Gambrill,  Newport,  R.  I. 


A  GARDEN   HOUSE  AND  VAULTED  TRELLIS 


THE  INTERIOR  OF  A  LOGGIA  AT  MRS.  GAMBRILL  S  HOUSE 


Residence  and  Gardens  of  Mrs.  Richard  Gambrill,  Newport,  R.  I.  105 


THE  MAIN  HALL 


THE    STAIRWAY 


io6  Residence  and  Gardens  of  Mrs.  Richard  Gambrill,  Newport,  R.  I. 


THE   SALON 


THE  SOUTH  LOGGIA  FROM  THE  FLOWER  GARDEN 


Residence  and  Gardens  of  Mrs,  Richard  Gambrill,  Newport,  R.  I.  107 


THE  ENTRANCE  TO  THE  STABLES  FROM  THE  FORECOURT 


THE  LIBRARY 


Faulkner  Farm,  Brookline,  Mass. 

Hon.  Charles  F.  Sprague,  Owner 


^Designed  by  Charles  A.  Vlatt 


THE  GARDEN  FROM  THE  CASINO 

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Faulkner  Farm,  Brookline,  Massachusetts 


109 


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Faulkner  Farm,  Brookline,  Massachusetts 


OUTSIDE   THE   WALLS,    FAULKNER   FARM 


THE   LOWER   TERRACE 


THE  PLAN 


Faulkner  Farm,  Brookline,  Massachusetts 


III 


THE  DESCENT   TO  THE   FLOWER  GARDEN 


A   GARDEN   WALK 


GARDEN    STEPS,    FAULKNER    FARM 


112 


Faulkner  Farm,  Brookline,  Massachusetts 


THE  BASIN 


W.-iir-.-.T,  " 


THE  GARDEN  PERGOLA 


Faulkner  Farm,  Brookline,  Massachusetts 


113 


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Faulkner  Farm,  Brookline,  Massachusetts 


FROM  THE  PERGOLA 


FROM  THE  UPPER  TERRACE 


THE  PERGOLA 


Faulkner  Farm,  Brookline,  Massachusetts 


115 


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OLD    ITALIAN    URN 


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Faulkner  Farm,  Brookllne,  Massachusetts 


OLD     WELL    HEADS,    FAULKNER    FARM 


THE    TERRACE 


A   DESOLATE   ROMAN   TOMB 


Faulkner  Farm,  Brookline,  Massachusetts 


117 


AN    OLD    WKLL-HEAU 


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Belle  Haven,  Connecticut 

ff^ilson  Eyre,  Architect 


THE    FOUNTAIN 
119 


120 


"Ashford,"  Belle  Haven,  Connecticut 


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'Ashford,"  Belle  Haven,  Connecticut 


121 


THE  PERGOLA,  "ASHFORD 


122 


"Ashford,"  Belle  Haven,  Connecticut 


WEST    ELEVATION 


THE    PORCH 


THE   FORECOURT 


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THE   PLAN 


"Biltmore" 

Residence  of  George  W.  Vanderbilt,  Esq. 

Asheville,  North  Carolina 

Richard  M.  Hunt,  Architect 
Olmsted  "Brothers,  Landscape  Architects 


THE  GREAT  QUADRANGLE 
123 


124     "Biltmore,"  Residence  of  George  W.  Vanderbilt,  Esq.,  Asheville,  N.  C. 


"Biltmore,"  Residence  of  George  W.  Vanderbilt,  Esq.,  Asheville,  N.  C.     125 


THE   PARTERRE 


FROM    THE   DRIVE 


126     "Biltmore,"  Residence  of  George  W.  Vanderbilt,  Esq.,  Asheville,  N.  C. 


THE    WALl.KU    GAKUliiS 


FROM  THE  TOP  OF  THE  RAMP 


A  House  at  Brookline,  Mass. 


/.  A.  Schweinfurthy  Architect 


FROM    THE   IIILLTOl" 


THE    DINING-ROOM 

127 


128 


A  House  at  Brookline,  Massachusetts 


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A  House  at  Brookline,  Massachusetts 


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•HOVSE-AT-BROOKLINE' 


THE   HALL 


13° 


A  House  at  Brookline,  Massachusetts 


A  Design  for  an  Artist's  House 


Wilson  Eyre,  Architect 


FROM   THE  GARDEN 


BIRD  S-EYE  VIEW 


132 


A  Design  for  an  Artist's  House 


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A  Design  for  an  Artist's  House 


133 


Second  Floor  Plan 


First  Floor  Plan 


PLANS    FOR    AN    ARTIST  S    HOUSE 


House  and  Garden  of 
Charles  A.  Piatt,  Esq., 

Near  Windsor,  Vermont 

Designed  by  the  Owner 


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ENTRANCE  GATE  OF  MR.  PLATt's  GARDEN 


House  and  Garden  of  Charles  A.  Piatt,  Esq.,  near  Windsor,  Vermont       13s 


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136       House  and  Garden  of  Charles  A.  Piatt,  Esq.,  near  Windsor,  Vermont 


LATERAL  PATHWAY 


LONGITUDINAL   PATHWAY 


IN   THE  GARDEN 


House  and  Garden  of  Charles  A.  Piatt,  Esq.,  near  Windsor,  Vermont       137 


THE  LATEKAL  PATHWAY  AND   PIAZZA 


THE  WALK  TO  THE  STUDIO 


138       House  and  Garden  of  Charles  A.  Piatt,  Esq.,  near  Windsor,  Vermont 


"Kate's  Hall" 

The  Residence  of  Joseph  S.  Clark,  Esq., 
at  Chestnut  Hill,  Philadelphia 


T)esigned  by  C.  C.  Zantztnger 


THE  HOUSE  FROM  THE  SOUTH 


140       "Kate's  Hall,"  Residence  of  Jos.  S.  Clark,  Esq.,  Chestnut  Hill,  Phila. 


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THE  HOUSE  FROM   THE  VALE 


SECOND  ttOOR  H-AN 


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PLANS  OF  THE  UPPER  FLOORS 


142       "Kate's  Hall,"  Residence  of  Jos.  S.  Clark,  Esq.,  Chestnut  Hill,  Phila. 


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PLAN   OF   THE   HOUSK   AND  IMMEDIATE   SURROUNDINGS 


144       "Kate's  Hall,"  Residence  of  Jos.  S.  Clark,  Esq.,  Chestnut  Hill,  Phila. 


THE   WALL   OF  THE   FORECOURT 


A  Colonial  House  at  Devon,  Pa. 

Percy  Wilson,  Esq.,  Owner 

Duhring,  Okie  ^  Ziegler,  Architects 


HOUSE  OF  PERCY  WILSON,  ESQ.,  AT  DEVON,  PA. 


PLANS  OF  A  HOUSE  AT  DEVON,  PA. 

145 


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A  Colonial  House  at  Devon,  Pennsylvania 


Till-:  KKAR  OF  A   IIOI'SE  AT  DKVOX.  I'A. 


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THE    ALCOVE    UNDER    THE    STAIRWAY 


A  Colonial  House  at  Radnor,  Pennsylvania 


147 


HOUSE   OF  LEDYARD   HECKSGHER,   ESQ.,   AT   RADNOR,   PA. 


THE  REAR  OF  A  HOUSE  AT  RADNOR^  PA, 


148 


A  Colonial  House  at  Radnor,  Pennsylvania 


THE    HALL 


THE  DINING-ROOM 


PLANS  OF  A   HOUSE  AT  RADNOR,  PA. 


"The  Garth 

The   new  surroundings   to   an 
old  house  at  Strafford,  Penna. 

Ernest  Zantzinger,  Esq.,  Owner 
Designed  by  Wilson  Eyre 


149 


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"The  Garth,"  at  Strafford,  Pennsylvania 


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"The  Garth,"  at  Strafford,  Pennsylvania 


"The  Garth,"  at  Strafford,  Pennsylvania 


153 


THE  STABLE   OF      THE  GAR^H 


THE  DESIGNER  S   PRELIMINARY   SKETCH   OF      THE  GARTH 


"Green  Hill 


59 


The  Old  Goddard  Mansion  at  Brookllne,  Mass. 


A    HOMELIKE   FAQADE   COMPOSED   OF  SEVERAL   ADDITIONS 


A  SIDE  OF  THE  OLD  MANSION 


'Green  Hill" 


155 


THE  PARLOR  OF     GREEN   HILL     AND  ITS  PICTURED  WALL  PAPER 


The  Garden  of  "Weld" 

Estate  of  Captain  Larz  Anderson 

Brookline,  Massachusetts 


Designed  by  Charles  A.  Tlatt 


A  WALK   OF  THE  LOWER   TERRACE 


The  ornament  on  the  left,  in  a  bay  of  the  upper  terrace,  is  an  armillary 
sphere  from  an  old  English  garden. 

156 


The  Garden  of  "Weld" 


157 


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The  Garden  of  "  Weld  " 


The  Garden  of  "Weld" 


159 


THE   TWO   TERRACES   OF  THE   GARDEN 


THE  CUPID  FOUNTAIN 


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"Bellefontaine" 


at  Lenox,  Mass. 


Carrere  ^  Hastings,  Architects 


THE  ENTRANCE  AND  LODGE 
1 60 


"Bellefontaine,"  at  Lenox,  Massachusetts 


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THK  HOUSE  FROM  THE  LAWN 


THE  STABLE 


1 62 


"Bellefontaine,"  at  Lenox,  Massachusetts 


"Bellefontaine,"  at  Lenox,  Massachusetts 


163 


THE    PLAN    OF   BELLEFONTAINE 


THE  PERGOLA 


164 


"Bellefontaine,"  at  Lenox,  Massachusetts 


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'  Belief ontaine,"  at  Lenox,  Massachusetts 


167 


THE  EAST  FLOWER  GARDEN  FROM  THE  PORTICO 


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"Bellefontaine,"  at  Lenox,  Massachusetts 


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THE  END  OF  THE  AVENUE 


II  mi  lia   ^-~/.M^ 

THE  POOL 


"  Bellefontaine,"  at  Lenox,  Massachusetts 


169 


A  House  at  Bernardsville,  N.  J. 


Thomas  Hunt,  Esq.,  Owner 


Lord,  Hewlett  &f  Hull,  Architects 


THE  HOUSE   FROM  THE  SOUTHEAST 
170 


A  House  at  Bernardsville,  New  Jersey 


171 


172 


A  House  at  Bernardsville,  New  Jersey 


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THE  PLAN 


THE  LIBRARY 


"Sevenoaks'' 

An  Architect's  Garden  at  Germantown, 

Philadelphia 

Designed  by  the  Owner 
Frank  Miles  Day,  Architect 


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"Sevenoaks,"  an  Architect's  Garden,  Germantown,  Philadelphia 


THE  PERGOLA  IN  WINTER,      SEVENOAKS 


THE    EXEDRA 


A   COLUMN  AND  CLEMATIS 


'Sevenoaks,"  an  Architect's  Garden  at  Germantown,  Philadelphia  177 


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Washington,  D.  C. 


Residence  of  Mrs.  Gardiner  G.  Hubbard 


A  SUMMER   HOUSE  COVERED  WITH    CRIMSON   RAMBLER 


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"Twin  Oaks,"  Washington,  D.  C. 


AI'PROACH   TO  THE   HOUSE 


TiiE    WATER   GAKUENj   VICTORIA    REGTA   J  i\    THE   FOREGROUND 


A  California  Home 

In  Santa  Clara  County 


Jf^illis  'Polk,  Architect 


THE  WEST  SIDE  OF  THE   HOUSE 

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A  California  Home 


THE  FRONT  OF  THE  HOUSE 


THE  OPEN  CORRIDOR 


A  California  Home 


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THE  PLAN 


FROM  THE  TERRACE 


THE   SOUTH    END  OF   THE   CORRIDOR 


THE    NORTH    END    OF   THE    CORRIDOR 


Ringwood  Manor  and  its  Gardens 

Passaic  County,  New  Jersey 

The  Residence  of  Abram  S.  Hewitt 


DOORWAY    OF   THE    OLD    WING 
185 


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Ringwood  Manor  and  its  Gardens 


Ringwood  Manor  and  its  Gardens 


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Ringwood  Manor  and  its  Gardens 


THE    PORTICO 


Sliowing  wrous^Iit-iron  gates  in  tlie  style  of  Robert  and  James  Adam, 
preserved  from  old  houses  in  Bowling  Green,  New  York. 


WALK   IN   VFX.ETABLE  GARDEN 


THE  ITALIAN   WELL-CURB 


Ringwood  Manor  and  its  Gardens 


189 


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MEASURKD     i'LAN     OK     i  H  K    GARDENS 


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Hawthorn 

P.A. 

A  urea  Plumosa  (Thuya) 

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S.B. 

Silver  Birch 

G.Y. 

Golden  Yew 

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Ringwood  Manor  and  its  Gardens 


THE    NORTH    WALK    OF    THE    FORMAL    GARDEN,    SHOWING    VENETIAN 
ORNAMENT    OF    ISTRIAN    STONE 


THE    NORTH    WALK    OK   THE    FORMAL    GARDEN,    SHOWING    FOUNTAIN    AND 
COUPLETS    OF    VENETIAN    CARYATIDS 


Some  Interesting  Examples 

of  Old  Gardens  at 

Camden,  South  Carolina 


A   VISTA   AT      LAUSANNE 
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Old  Gardens  at  Camden,  South  Carolina 


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Old  Gardens  at  Camden,  South  Carolina 


TOPIARY   WORK   IN  THE  SOWELL  GARDEN 


THE   HOUSE  AT       HOLLY   HEDGE 


Old  Gardens  at  Camden,  South  Carolina 


195 


A  WINDING  PATH  AT      HOLLY  HEDGE 


TJIE   VEKANDA   OVERLOOKING    TJIE   GARDEN    AT       HOLLY    HEDGE 


196 


Old  Gardens  at  Camden,  South  Carolina 


THE   SOWELL   GARDEN    FROM    THE    HOUSE 


A  GREAT  ARCH  OF  HOLLY  AT      HOLLY  HEDGE 


AN  EARLY  VIEW  OF  THE  HOUSE,  SHOWING  THE  ARCHED  DRIVEWAY 


"The  Orchard" 

At  Southampton,  L.  I. 


McKim,  Mead  ^  fFhite,  Architects 


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THE  OVAL  IN  FRONT  OF  THE  HOUSE 


197 


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"The  Orchard"  at  Southampton,  Long  Island 


AN   ENTRANCE  TO  THE  STUDIO   AT      THE  ORCHARD 


"The  Orchard"  at  Southampton,  Long  Island 


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THE    PEONY    WALK 


THE    LILY    POND    AND    HOUSE    AT    AIRUI 


'The  Orchard,"  at  Southampton,  Long  Island 


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THE  WALK  NORTH  OF  THE  FLOWER  GARDEN 


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Residence  of  Mr.  Stanford  White 

St.  James,  Long  Island 

McKim,  Mead  Qsf  ff^hite,  Architects 


THE  TERRACE  BEFORE  TilE   HOUSE 
204 


Residence  of  Mr.  Stanford  White,  St.  James,  Long  Island 


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THE   OVAL    CARRIAGE    TURN    BEFORE    THE    IIOTSE 


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THE    PLAN    OF   THE    }IOUSE    AND   GROUNDS 


THE   PORCHES   UPON   THE   NORTH 


Residence  of  Mr.  Stanford  White,  St.  James,  Long  Island 


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Residence  of  Mr.  Stanford  White,  St.  James,  Long  Island 


THE   GARDEN   AND  ITS    BACKGROUND 


THE  CENTRAL  WALK  OF  THE  GARDEN 


Residence  of  Mr.  Stanford  White,  St.  James,  Long  Island 


209 


A  VENUS  AND  A  SATVK   GLAKUING   A   PATH 


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A  TERRACE  WALL 


"Miravista, 


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At  Montecito,  Santa  Barbara  County, 

California 


THE  APPROACH  FROM  THE  GARDEN 
210 


Miravlsta"  at  Monteclto,  Cal. 


211 


THE    PLANTING   AT   THE   TERRACE    WALLS    "mIRAVISTa" 


Residence  of  H.  C.  Bennett,  Esq., 

Jersey  City,  New  Jersey 

W^ilson  Eyre,  Architect 


THE  ARCHITECT  S   PRELIMINARY   STUDY 


THE  FRONT  OF   THE   HOUSE 
212 


Residence  of  H.  C.  Bennett,  Esq.,  Jersey  City,  N.  J. 


213 


Secor[d  Floor  Plm 


THE  PLANS 


THE  REAR  OF  THE   HOUSE 


214 


Residence  of  H.  C.  Bennett,  Esq.,  Jersey  City,  N.  J. 


VIEWS  OF   THE  LIVING-ROOM 


"Beaulieu" 

Cupertino,  Santa  Clara  County,  Cal. 

JVillis   Tolk,  Architect 


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THE  PLAN  OF      BEAULIEU 


THE  TERRACE  BEFORE  THE  HOUSE 
215 


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A   WALK   IN   THE  PLANTATIONS 


THE    LIBRARY 


"Beaulieu" 


221 


BEDROOMS 


THE  DINING-ROOM 


Conyers  Manor 

Greenwich,  Conn. 


Estate  of  E.  C.  Converse,  Esq. 


Don7i  Barber,  Architect 


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FRONT  OF  MAIN  HOUSE 
222 


Conyers  Manor 


223 


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A    COTTAGE    OX    THE    ESTATE 


GATE    LODGE 


LIVING-ROOM 


224 


Conyers  Manor 


MAIN  ENTRANCE 


SALON 


Conyers  Manor 


225 


THE  DEN 


DINING-ROOM 


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Brook  Farm 

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Tuxedo  Park,  New  York 


Estate  of  Richard  Delafield,  Esq. 


T)otifi  'Barber,  Architect 


A  VIEW  OF  THE  GARDEN 


"Brook  Farm,  Tuxedo  Park,  New  York 


227 


THE   STABLES 


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